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- 11 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Hackathons Help Decide Platform Winners and Losers
Tommy Pan Fang and University of British Columbia business professor David Clough. Wu’s research centers on strategies used by technology entrepreneurs to achieve scale for competitive advantage. Platforms are prime real estate for such... View Details
- 04 Feb 2015
- What Do You Think?
Is There a Stanford-Google-Silicon Valley School of Management?
the company cited in 2007 as one of three prime example firms demonstrating "the future of management" by thought leader Gary Hamel. Schmidt and Rosenberg describe a philosophy that is centered around hiring "smart... View Details
- 24 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 24
PublicationsiPhones for Friends, Refrigerators for Family: How Products Prime Social Networks Authors:Lalin Anik and Michael I. Norton Publication:Social Influence (forthcoming). Abstract We show that View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 2, 2016
supportive analysis of the impact of the 2011 Japanese tsunami on CDS markets; and (v) a discussion of why the role of dealers as prime brokers does not impact the stylized facts and results presented throughout the paper. Economic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Six Steps for Reinvigorating America
they do a business deal in another country, they're also representing the United States informally. When I speak around the world, especially when I speak at events that have the president or the prime minister of a country on the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 11
mechanism remains unclear for now and provides an avenue for future research. The Bedside Manner of Homo Economicus: How and Why Priming an Economic Schema Reduces Compassion Authors:Molinsky Molinsky, Andrew, Adam M. Grant, and Joshua D.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
Are Creative People More Dishonest?
"imagination," "invention," "originality," and so on. “We're not saying that creativity's bad, but we are saying that it can lead to problems.” To test whether the creativity prime worked, the researchers... View Details
- 17 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 17
self-interests over others' interests, influencing the decisions they make. Experiment 1 found that participants primed with luxury goods were more likely than those primed with non-luxury goods to endorse... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 22
talent has become one of the biggest competitive issues for law firms. But although talent management is now recognized as a business issue of prime importance, law firms often lack the experience, vision, and tools to do it. This... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Dec 2006
- Op-Ed
India Needs to Encourage Trade with China
their visits by making the proverbial nods to Buddhism. In 2003, for example, the then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee visited the Baima Si, White Horse Temple, in China's Henan province, one of the monuments that mark the arrival of... View Details
Keywords: by Tarun Khanna
- 09 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
Read All About It: Digital CEO Buys Traditional Media!
third-party retail sales might cannibalize some of Amazon's own revenues in certain product categories. Then Amazon went a step further with its Prime membership announcement, offering participants free shipping for all transactions for... View Details
- 31 Oct 2016
- Research & Ideas
Quantitative Easing Didn’t Ease the Housing Crisis for the Neediest
all well and good for people who were already in great financial shape. Interest rates and monthly payments went down for millions of prime borrowers, which was a tremendous boon to the overall economy, not to mention the simulative... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 13 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Inner Life of Leaders
bone. The American automobile industry may not survive as we have known this bellwether star in the industrial firmament. This industry is a prime example of the dangers of the repetition compulsion. I am in a pessimistic frame of mind,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Football Firings Teach Managers About Staying Relevant
league’s salary cap is meant to create an equal playing field. Some teams, including the Patriots, have been able to use the salary cap’s restrictive nature as a source of competitive advantage. According to SB Nation, the Patriots “kept right on diving into dumpsters... View Details
- 17 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Harvard Business School Faculty Comment on Crisis in Japan
makers are being put to the test once again. Flooding money markets on Sunday (3/13) with ¥15 trillion (about $183 billion) was a sensible first step by the Bank of Japan, but the real challenge lies ahead. Prime Minister Naoko Kan's... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 16 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Can Decades of Military Overspending be Fixed?
production of weapon systems and equipment, DoD engages tens of thousands of prime contractors—including most of the major firms in the United States—and tens of thousands of suppliers and subcontractors. The importance of the DoD's huge... View Details
- 11 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating When the Rules Suddenly Change
existing contracts of some of their older players. Having read the agreement's small print, they realized that, for only six days in July 2005, such buyouts would not be counted toward the annual salary cap. By freeing up their budgets, they put themselves in a great... View Details
- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Global Brands: Connecting With Consumers Across Boundaries
that casks of whiskey and farm animals were "branded"—or seared—with some kind of mark to identify ownership, she pointed out, the word didn't take on its current commercial connotation until the 18th century and the First Industrial Revolution. The View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
- 26 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Behind India’s Economic and Political Woes
Parliament, and they get pushed from session to session, despite their urgency. There is a rampant lack of clarity and leadership from the major political parties. The main opposition party, the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP), recently announced Narendra Modi as their... View Details
Keywords: by Zeenat Potia
- 21 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 21, 2009
theories of how social activists inspire changes in organizational norms, beliefs, and practices, we hypothesize that shareholder actions and regulatory threats are likely to prime firms to adopt practices consistent with the aims of a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace